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PRAIRIE LAKES AEA Early Childhood Special Education Teacher/Consultant in Webster City, Iowa

QUALIFICATIONS

  • EDUCATION:Minimum of Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree Preferred
    • Early Childhood with Special Education Endorsement
  • LICENSURE:Early Childhood Special Education (BOEE Licensed - standard teaching license)
  • EXPERIENCE:Previous experience with children, families, early childhood programs and school districts is desired.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

  • Adhere to all Early ACCESS and Special Education Procedures
  • Participate and guide the Child Find Process
  • Complete screening and assessment with appropriate tools
  • Complete required Early ACCESS and Special Education paperwork
  • Implement Family Guided Routines Based Interventions for children and families
  • Collaborate with families and team members to complete assessment, planning and development of the IFSP/IEP
  • Collaborate with AEA staff, families, districts and community partners in planning, development, and delivery of services
  • Provide IFSP Special Instruction and Service Coordination services
  • Meet timelines and complete required paperwork as defined in procedures/agency requirements
  • Meet with Pre-School teachers to support the development, implementation, and monitoring of interventions and data
  • Coordinate and participate in transition planning for IFSP/IEP
  • Respond to referrals using appropriate process
  • Ensure children in special education receive FAPE (Free Appropriate Education), education in their LRE (least restrictive environment), and appropriate SDI (Specially Designed Instruction)
  • Participate in professional learning (department meetings, conferences, workshops)
  • Other duties as assigned

COMMON TO ALL EMPLOYEES:

  • Contributes to a positive and productive work, learning and team environment
  • Believes in, advocates for, understands, supports and delivers the priority work of the AEAs, Iowa Public and Accredited Schools, the Iowa Department of Education and Prairie Lakes AEA
  • Focuses upon agency and team efforts to deliver equitable, efficient and effective educational services that prepare Iowa children for a life well-lived
  • Anticipates and responds to needs, requirements and expectations of clients resulting in acceleration, inspiration and innovation
  • Demonstrates effective verbal, non-verbal, written, listening and visual communication
  • Possesses effective interpersonal, collaboration, facilitation skills and is committed to relationships and partnerships, within and outside of the agency
  • Exhibits self-motivation, reliability, organization, detail and quality and engages in continuous improvement of professional practice to build skills needed to perform job duties and meet agency goals and expectations
  • Manages time effectively so that timelines are met and improved results are evident in learning, professional capacity and system effectiveness
  • Problem solves by utilizing data-based decisions, preventing and resolving conflicts and providing comprehensive, high quality solutions
  • Works with integrity and maintains confidentiality
  • Models and integrates technology into daily work
  • Leads professional development for at least one course, internally, externally or both
  • Understands other duties and responsibilities may be assigned, according to current needs of the agency or districts served

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Ability to travel between schools and sites served.
  • Normal, routine levels of activity related to bending, carrying, climbing, hearing, lifting, reaching, sitting, standing, vision and walking, and may also involve above-average levels of activity at times that cant always be anticipated.
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